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Atmospheric water vapor amounts retrieved from GOME satellite data
Author(s) -
Noël Stefan,
Buchwitz Michael,
Bovensmann Heinrich,
Hoogen Ricarda,
Burrows John P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl900437
Subject(s) - differential optical absorption spectroscopy , remote sensing , satellite , water vapor , environmental science , microwave , ozone , absorption (acoustics) , atmospheric sounding , wavelength , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , optics , computer science , physics , geology , telecommunications , astronomy
A new method for the retrieval of global atmospheric vertical column amounts of water vapor from measurements of the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) is presented. The method is based on a modified Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) approach, taking into account the effects arising from strong wavelength dependent absorptions. In this paper the feasibility of this approach is demonstrated and first estimates on the retrieval precision and the accuracy of the H 2 O data product are given by comparison with selected Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) data.